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Aussies all win on Games boxing day one

Ian McCullough

Welterweight Daniel Lewis has vowed to end Australia's Commonwealth Games boxing medal drought following a brutal demolition of Sierra Leone's Mohammed Sillah.

Lewis controlled the fight from the opening bell on Friday and late in the second round unleashed a brilliant series of combinations that forced the Moroccan referee to end the contest following a standing count.

The 20-year-old, whose parents jetted in from Sydney on Thursday, will now face Nigeria's Kehinde Ademuyiwa for a place in the quarter-finals on Monday.

Four years ago in Delhi, Australia failed to bring home a Commonwealth Games boxing medal for the first time since 1974 and Lewis said he's determined to change that.

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"I am not worried about looking at the draw, there is nobody there that really frightens me," Lewis told AAP.

"I was really happy with how I fought and to do so well in front of my parents who've spent a lot of money to come out here was a great."

Lewis qualified for the world championships in Kazakhstan last year but went down in disappointing fashion in his first-round clash against Kenya's Rayton Okwiri.

However, he said the experience was invaluable and he's improved massively as a fighter since.

And with Olympic silver medallist Fred Jones from Wales ruled out of the competition due to accreditation problems, Lewis knows the draw is wide open.

"It was pretty devastating to lose in the first round at the worlds, but they say every defeat you learn from," he said.

"I am better fighter now and feel I can go far here in Glasgow. There are some good fighters, but I am not worried about anyone else but myself."

Earlier on Friday Australian super-heavyweight Joe Goodall progressed with a unanimous points decision win over New Zealand's Patrick Mailata.

The Queenslander started slowly against the inexperienced Mailata, but found his groove in the later rounds to book a quarter-final against Kieshno Major from the Bahamas.